Vaginitis

1. List the major causes of non-physiologic vaginal discharge. What are the symptoms, signs and laboratory findings of each? What is the treatment of each?

2. List any predisposing factors of each of the causes of vaginal discharge.

3. What is the pathophysiology of the postmenopausal woman that predisposes her to vaginal and urinary tract infections? What is the treatment of vaginitis in the postmenopausal women?

4. What are the major organisms associated with Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID)? What are the signs and symptoms associated with PID?

5. What viral organisms are associated with genital infections? What are the signs and symptoms of these organisms? What is the treatment of each of these organisms?

Sources:

Family Medicine:  Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Chapter 64, Pages 392-396

Essentials of Family Medicine, Chapter 34, Pages 527-542

"Management of Vaginitis" Marion K. Owen, M.D., Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA and Timothy L. Clenny, CDR, MC, USN, Naval Hospital, Jacksonville, FL, American Family Physician, December 1, 2004.